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Frequently Asked Questions About
AYP
ADEQUATE YEARLY
PROGRESS (AYP)
2007
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND (NCLB)
Q: How many Memphis City Schools
are in Good Standing?
A: One-hundred-and-twenty-eight (128) Memphis City
schools are in Good Standing – the
most ever in NCLB
history. A total of five (5) Memphis City schools moved off the
“High
Priority” list. Those schools are:
Klondike Elementary
(now in Good Standing); Springdale Elementary
(now in Good Standing); Westwood High
(now in Good Standing); Winchester Elementary
(now in Good Standing); South Side High
(Closed; Improved to Target)
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Fifteen (15) schools moved into improving categories, compared to eight
(8) last year.
Q: How many of the
state’s 17 probationary schools made improvements?
A: Ten of the district’s 17
“Striving Schools” moved into Improving categories
or better in
2007, with two
moving into Good Standing. Those schools are:
Airways Middle, Cypress Middle, East High,
Sherwood Middle, Southside HS
(closed; new Health Career Academy opened), Treadwell
Elementary, Treadwell High, Vance Middle, Westwood High
(now in Good Standing), Winchester Elementary
(now in Good Standing).
Q: How many Memphis City schools
are on the High Priority list?
A: There are 41 Memphis City
schools on the state’s No Child Left Behind
(NCLB) “High Priority” list. The
High Priority list contains schools that did not make Adequate
Yearly Progress (AYP) in the same area or
cell for two or more years in a row.
Schools are evaluated on their
students’ scores in reading, language arts, writing and
mathematics. Elementary schools are also held accountable for
attendance, while high schools have to meet a specific graduation rate.
Q: How many categories make up
the “High Priority list” i.e., “the
list”?
A: The “High
Priority” list consists of schools that fall within any of
the 14 following categories: School Improvement 1, School
Improvement 1-Improving, School Improvement 2, School Improvement
2-Improving, Corrective Action, Corrective Action-Improving,
Restructuring 1, Restructuring 1-Improving, Restructuring 2 and
Restructuring 2-Improving, State/LEA Reconstitution Plan 1, State/LEA
Reconstitution Plan 1- Improving, State/LEA Reconstitution Plan 2,
State/LEA Reconstitution Plan 2 - Improving. For a full
explanation of what each category means, visit the Memphis City Schools
Web site at www.mcsk12.net.
Q: How is Adequate Yearly
Progress measured?
A: AYP
is based on the performance of the school and/or district on
standardized testing
(i.e.,TCAP testing) in grades 3-8 on the TCAP
Achievement Test; grades 5, 8 and 11 on the TCAP Writing Assessment;
and the Gateway Algebra I (typically ninth grade) and English II
(typically tenth grade) exams. Schools must demonstrate adequate
progress in achievement on these tests among students from different
groups, including ethnicity, economically disadvantaged students,
students with disabilities and Limited English Proficient (ELL)
students. Schools must also meet a 95% participation rate in
testing and meet or show improvement in attendance (elementary and
middle) and graduation rate (high). There are 37 different categories
schools must meet.
Q: What are the
district’s plans for addressing the problems that still
remain at some
schools?
A:
The
district will continue to expand its focus on math and special
education while maintaining its concentration
on reading and literacy. The High Priority schools
identified by the
Governor will add 30 minutes of
instructional time, operate under a performance
contract and have additional resources for literacy and math
instruction,
parent outreach, counseling and tutoring support.
Memphis City Schools will also continue to focus on professional
development opportunities for teachers and principals. We will also continue to
identify best practices and
strategies in our schools that have proven successful to students and
to share those findings
throughout the district.
Q: How
will NCLB continue to
impact the measurement of progress among schools and the district?
A: In
an effort to
elevate U.S. public schools to 100 percent proficiency in all AYP
“cells” by 2013-14 as mandated
by the federal No Child Left Behind Act, Tennessee’s
measurement standards for determining Adequate Yearly Progress
are raised every three years. According to NCLB regulations,
all public schools across America will have to be 100 percent
proficient in all 37 sub-cells by the 2013-14 school year.
Tennessee’s performance standards increase next year for
students in grades 3-8 and for the percentage of students scoring
proficient/advanced on Gateway Exams.
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